Free online courseGuitar for beginners

Course content

• Video class: Learn how to play the guitar for FREE. The GCH Guitar Academy First Steps beginners guitar course

  0h12m

• Exercise: After registering and logging in to the GCH Guitar Academy download area, where can beginners find the backing tracks for the First Steps guitar course

• Video class: Choosing my first guitar, a beginners guide to guitar types - Lesson 1, of a beginners guitar course

  0h17m

• Exercise: Acoustic vs Electric: Key Difference

• Video class: Guitar anatomy explained, what the parts of a guitar are called - First steps guitar course

  0h16m

• Exercise: Which set correctly names the three main components of a guitar

• Video class: How to tune a guitar for beginners. An easy guitar lesson for tuning a guitar

  0h29m

• Exercise: When tuning a guitar to itself in standard tuning, which fret on the G string matches the open B string?

• Video class: notes, to tune a guitar. Guitar tuning extra long reference notes E A D G B E

  0h13m

• Video class: what is a metronomes, why you need a metronome, the choice of metronomes

  0h15m

• Exercise: Why should a beginner guitarist practice with a metronome?

• Video class: Beginners guitar lesson. How to read a guitar chord chart, chord map, chord diagram

  0h10m

• Exercise: Where should you place your fretting finger relative to the two fret wires when forming a chord

• Video class: How to hold a pick or plectrum. How to choose a pick or plectrum and how to use it correctly

  0h11m

• Exercise: Strumming Technique: What should a beginner do with the pick for smooth, clear sound?

• Video class: How to play your first easy guitar chords, guitar lesson. Easy absolute beginners guitar course

  0h32m

• Exercise: Which string should you avoid when strumming a C major chord?

• Video class: a very easy guitar tune to play, only 2 chords. Absolute beginners guitar course

  0h27m

• Exercise: Identify the time signature used when strumming the beginner tune with C and G7

• Video class: Guitar lesson. Play your first chord tunes, She'll be comin' 'round the mountain

  0h06m

• Exercise: In 4 over 4 time, how many beats are in each bar

• Video class: How to play Hey Jude on guitar with easy chords, beginners guitar lesson

  0h06m

• Exercise: How should a beginner play a 4-beat bar that shows two chords?

• Video class: chord changes made easy (how to speed up guitar chords changes) - First Steps Guitar

  0h35m

• Exercise: Best fingering for a smooth change from C major to G major

• Video class: How to read guitar tabs for beginners (guitar lesson on tablature or tab)

  0h04m

• Exercise: Reading Guitar Tablature: Meaning of 0 on Top Line

• Video class: How to play the G major scale on a guitar - Beginners guitar lesson

  0h02m

• Exercise: Best practice to improve finger stretching while playing the G major scale

• Video class: G minor harmonic scale - Learn to play the G minor harmonic scale on the guitar

  0h01m

• Exercise: G minor harmonic scale: first three notes on the low E string

• Video class: How to play faster guitar

  0h16m

• Exercise: Which thumb position best improves fretting reach for beginner scales?

• Video class: G minor natural scale - Learn to play the G minor natural scale on the guitar

  0h02m

• Exercise: G minor natural scale starting notes on the bottom E string

• Video class: The 'G' minor pentatonic scale - Learn to play the pentatonic scale on the guitar

  0h02m

• Exercise: G minor pentatonic: first two notes on the bottom E string

• Video class: Rumble by Link Wray - The coolest easy guitar riff

  0h06m

• Exercise: In the GCH Guitar Academy first steps course, what should a beginner do first before learning a new tune?